Hi Yinan, The dark inclusions could be graphite. Troilite often has a "brassy" coloration to it.
Do you have a photo of the slice? Best regards, MikeG On 8/19/10, Yinan Wang <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi everyone, simple question: > > In an iron meteorite, when etched, what do the troilite and > schreibersite inclusions look like? > > I have a slice of canyon diablo and I'm seeing dark round nodules (the > troilite) and silvery dendritic material (schreibersite?). Which is > which? > > Thanks, > Yinan > ______________________________________________ > Visit the Archives at > http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > -- ------------------------------------------------------------ Mike Gilmer - Galactic Stone & Ironworks Meteorites http://www.galactic-stone.com http://www.facebook.com/galacticstone ------------------------------------------------------------ ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
